ADB
Says
India
ís Growth Rate to be 7.6%
An Asian Development Bank (ADB)
report said that India will
grow at a robust 7.6% but
warned against the 3% fiscal
deficit and 6.1% inflation
that will force higher
interest rates. <More>

India
Refuses To Budge on WTO
While World Trade
Organization (WTO) warned
India not to miss out on
benefits of the Doha round
and concede key tariffs to
provide greater market
access; India asserted that
its 30% import rate
sufficiently proved its
market access credentials.<More>

Democracy,
Politics and Judiciary

Advani
Asks Muslims to Facilitate
Mandir
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
former Chief and former
Deputy Prime Minister Lal
Krishna Advani touring the
nation called on Muslims to
facilitate the creation of a
temple to Lord Rama in place
of the decrypt and destroyed
Babri Masjid. <More>

Environment,
Health and Education

India
& US in Futuristic
Energy Project
The United States has
invited India to participate
in a futuristic
private-public project,
called the FutureGen that
will build a coal-based
power generation plant that
will have zero carbon
emissions at a cost of USD
950 million.<More>

Terrorism,
Defense, Security and Science &
Technology

UP
Polices Arrests Varanasi
Terrorists
The Uttar Pradesh Police
claimed to have arrested 6
terrorists responsible for
the bomb explosions last
month in the Hindu holy city
of Varanasi and said that
they had plans to blow up
the two Hanuman temples in
the city on Ramanavami.<More>

CBI
Arrests Navy War Room Leak
Suspects
After more than month of
receiving a report from the
Defense Ministry, the
Central Bureau of
Investigation has arrested 5
people including 3 former
naval personnel and 1 kin of
Navy Chief. The CBI raised
17 places simultaneously
across the country to arrest
the accused.<More>

The
Bill on National Rural Employment
Guarantee Scheme seeks to provide
guaranteed employment to one
member of every rural household
for at least 100 days a year for a
minimum wage of Rs.60 per day.
Out of 260 million poor people in
the country, about 200 million
poor people are in rural areas.
People in 45% rural India do not
get work for six months in a year.